You know, we have gotten a lot of exciting remix requests this last year from a lot of great people, but we have tried to focus on those that we think we could work into something cool and still have great fun making them. McIntyre: Since your remix of Mike Posner's "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" blew up, what other offers have come in? Anyone in particular stand out? There is something nice about hearing a well-crafted radio hit, but sometimes things need a bit of grit and weirdness to connect with people on a different level. We try to make our remixes into something entirely different than the original, but at the same time, we try to imagine a harmony that would make the original melody sound even better.Īlso, as we started to do this from the viewpoint of just having fun with songs instead of “producing” them into something that everybody expects to hear, like a formatted radio record for instance.
Seeb: Maybe it's because as producers for a long time we try to focus on the song itself and not so much the individual sounds or elements. McIntyre: What do you think makes your remixes hit such a nerve with the public? The last year has been a lot of work, but standing on this stage and doing our DJ set, that’s when it really dawned on us how crazy it has been. Just one year later we found ourselves playing in front of 30,000 to 40,000 at Tomorrowland with people singing along to our music. You kn ow, we used to work as producers in the studio with mainly Scandinavian artists. Seeb: It has been a wonderful and crazy ride. Not even having Beyoncé featured in the background and in the music video could do what this Norwegian team managed: put Coldplay back into the top 40. The duo followed up that success and proved that they could be counted on to turn any tune into a hit with Coldplay’s “Hymn For The Weekend,” which is currently at a new peak of No.
That number swells to well over the one billion play mark when taking into account YouTube, Apple Music and radio services. and which has so far been streamed an incredible 637 million times on Spotify alone. Seeb broke out in a major way thanks to their inventive remix of Mike Posner’s “I Took A Pill In Ibiza,” which eventually peaked at No. Seeb, a Norwegian pair of producers composed of Simen Eriksrud and Espen Berg, has helped create some of the biggest hits of the past year, though the public isn’t yet familiar with their faces and names. In the past year, one musical duo has emerged as the most successful and sought-after team when it comes to remixing songs from big names and helping them reach their potential.